Story Writing : What does Thanksgiving mean to you?

Teacher Name: k borst

Student Name: CATEGORY Neatness

________________________________________ 4 The final draft of the story is readable, clean, neat and attractive. It is free of erasures and crossed-out words. It looks like the author took great pride in it. The story contains many creative details and/or descriptions that contribute to the reader\'s enjoyment. The author has really used his imagination. The story is very well organized. One idea or scene follows another in a logical sequence with clear transitions. 3 The final draft of the story is readable, neat and attractive. It may have one or two erasures, but they are not distracting. It looks like the author took some pride in it. The story contains a few creative details and/or descriptions that contribute to the reader\'s enjoyment. The author has used his imagination. The story is pretty well organized. One idea or scene may seem out of place. Clear transitions are used. 2 The final draft of the story is readable and some of the pages are attractive. It looks like parts of it might have been done in a hurry. 1 The final draft is not neat or attractive. It looks like the student just wanted to get it done and didn\'t care what it looked like.

Creativity

The story contains a few creative details and/or descriptions, but they distract from the story. The author has tried to use his imagination. The story is a little hard to follow. The transitions are sometimes not clear.

There is little evidence of creativity in the story. The author does not seem to have used much imagination.

Organization

Ideas and scenes seem to be randomly arranged.